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3 12/15/2008 HP Confidential of infrastructure purchasing decisions are based on environmental factors 30% 80% of our customers are evaluating environmental practices as part of purchasing the cost to power and cool data centers will rise by 2010 70% of companies underestimate their cost of disposing of electronics 70% 50% of existing data centers will be out of space within 3 years, or will have inadequate power and cooling equipment 60% the proposed EU commitments to CO 2 reductions by 2050 Energy and environmental factors driving business decisions

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4 12/15/2008 HP Confidential Global emissions generated by ICT (information, communication, and technology) versus other sectors In 2007, the total footprint of the ICT sector- including personal computers and peripherals, telecoms networks and devices and data centers – was 830 MtCO 2 e, about 2% of the estimated total emissions from human activity released that year. The carbon generated from materials and manufacture is about one quarter of the overall ICT footprint. Smart 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age, GeSI and The Climate Group, 2008